Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,719, John Gammons, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Gammons, John
NUMBER _____
S. 32. 719
CONTENTS

Copy of Alden Bradford's Certificate sent to J. Bartlett, Plymouth Mass. May 7 th 1835.
H. 556  Massachusetts
John Gammons, of Middleboro', in the state of Massach ts . who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam , of the Massach ts . line, for the term of three years .
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of April, 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of June, 1819 sent to Nahum Mitchell , Judge, East Bridgewater, Mass.
  Years to 4th of March, 1819. . .  $84.76     Bi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 1819. }  48 "     mo. 14 }   } Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }    30 }     8 4/31 }      $132.76.   
Continued

John Gammons
Middleboro
9 th 10 th exch d for Asa
Sturtevant Sturtevant. —
Presented
Adm l
Rejected.
The Claimant having procured a certificate from the Secretary of Mr and it appearing, that after serving 9 months & more he was exchanged by con- sent of his Officers, the Docu- ments are now returned.
N.M.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Plymouth ss.
On this 17 th day of April A. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared John Gammom of Middleborough aged years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," viz. That he served more than nine months in the first 3 years service so called in said war as a private soldier in late Josiah Benson's Company & Col. Putnam's Regiment & Nixon's Brigade in the Massachusetts line - see his said declaration enclosed - & also Crispus Shaw's certificate -
And I do certify that he needs the assistance of his country for support - and that I have examined the records at Boston (Secy. Office) & find

the said Gammons made up and paid by the Continentals for nine months & ten days, and then exchanged for one Asa Shedd (or some such name) Sturtevant.
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Gammons — did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the com- mon enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That
as one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record—that the signature to the above cer- tificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

I John Gammons of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a citizen of the United States and resident therein set forth and declare on Oath, that I was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution for more than nine months on the Continental establishment, that from my reduced circum- -stances I need the assistance of my country for support and am therefore desirous to obtain a pension from the United States agreeably to the late law of Congress of the 18 th March last, and do relinquish all claim to any former pension granted me (if any) by any Law of Congress; that I entered the service in May 1777 at which time I enlisted for three years under Captain Joshua Penson in Colonel Putnam's Regiment and General Moxon's Brigade I was at the taking of Burgoyne, went to West Point where I was regularly discharged; I served in the Massachusetts. Since I have no written discharge, - John Gammons
Sworn to and declared on oath April 17 A D 1818.

John Gammont
11. 758
Sept. 1819
C
Paris March 1822

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Plymouth ss.
On this twentieth day of July 1820, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said County John Gammons aged Seventy four years, resident in Middleborough in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of three years in the Company commanded by Capt. Joshua Hanson & Regiment commanded by Col. Putnam, Massachusetts Line and that he has received a pension certificate dated 10th day of June 1819 and numbered 11,758 in pursuance of his original Declaration made 17th day of April 1818 and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
I have no Real Estate - I have One Cow, Two Sheep, Two broken chairs, one small Table, & some Iron, crockery & wooden ware -
I am a Common Labourer by occupation, but so infirm that I am unable to perform any labour whatever. My family consists of Myself & Wife Jane, aged seventy years, & in consequence of infirmity unable to support herself.
I could not subsist without the aid of Public or private charity -
I owe sundry persons about Fifty Dollars -
Sworn to, and declared, on the 20th day of July, A.D. 1820. John Gammons before
Nahum Mitchell C. Justice of said court -
I, John B. Thomas clerk of said court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is nineteen dollars and twenty cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty first day of Dec. 1820 $19.20
John B. Thomas Clerk of the Court for the County of Plymouth

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Gammene a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 32,719     DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 15, 1777 Feb. 25, 1778 Private Joshua Benson Rufus Putnam Mass.   discharged at West Point        
Battles engaged in, Taking of Burgoyne.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, 1
Date of application for pension, Apr. 17, 1818. The claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Middleborough, Plymouth Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, 72 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his wife Jane as 70 yrs.
No further family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Middleboro' Jan. 11. 1830 Page 6
Hon: S. Mitchell Bridgewater East P.

I hereby certify that John Simmons was a Soldier in the Army of the United States for three years, and I served with him with him in the Company commanded by Capt. Joshua Brown in Col. R. Putman's regiment for the term aforesaid at Middlebury this 22 nd day of April A D 1878-
Crispus Shaw
According to the record at Boston he served only 9 months & 10 days of said term -
N Mitchell: Indorsement

P.O. Box 157 Wareham, Mass.
Sept. 15, 1919.
Secy. Dept. of the Interior. Bureau of Pensions. Dear Sir:
Please send me a copy of the Pension granted to John Gammons, April 17, 1818, as I wish to prove my claim to him as a Rev. Ancestor. Yours Respectfully -
Mrs. Frank A. Besse, Wareham, Mass.

32 719 Rev INVALID.
1915 Jan. 12. Hist. to Miss Clara C. Herms later in S 345 3/4 Ebenezer Wright. 4 1919 Oct. 4 Hist. to Mrs. Frank A. Bess. 4
File No. 32,719
John Gammons Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 150
[Arrangement of 1870.]

{ Commonwealth of Massachusetts Secretary's Dept. May 6 1819
By this Certify, that it appears by correct official returns, now remaining in this Dept. t that John Gammons served from May 15 th 1777 to Feb. 25 th 1778 as a private in Capt. Benson's Company & Col. Putnam's Regiment, being one of the Massachusetts Line & on the Continental Establishment - and that Asa Sturtevant then took his place, & served from Feb. 25 th 1778 to May 14 th 1780
H Alden Bradford
Secy. of Commonwealth of Massachusetts